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Fantastic Four #1

Marvel · Series began 1996 · November 1996

first Fantastic Four

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Dates

Cover date: November 1996
On sale: September 4, 1996
Pages: 60

Values

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Editions and covers (6)

Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Cover A

Barcode 75960604361300111
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Cover B

Barcode 75960604361300121 · shared with another edition
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Newsstand edition$2.99 cover

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 72527402462911
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Gold Signature Variant Edition

Barcode 75960604361300121 · shared with another edition
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Australian edition3.95 AUD cover

Australian

Printed cover price 3.95 AUD.

Barcode 07480802462911
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Variant CoverMetron
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Creators

pencils: Jim Lee, John Romita Jr.inks: Scott Williams, Al Milgromscript: Brandon Choi, Jim Leecolors: Joe Chiodo, Martin Jimenez, Wildstorm FX, Atomic Paintbrushletters: Richard Starkings, Dave Lanphear

Stories

Renaissance · 40 pages

Publisher’s description

Reed Richards, accompanied by his loyal friend Ben Grimm, heads out into the great scientific unknown aboard the spacecraft Excelsior! But something terrible is about to happen--something that Reed could not have accounted for...

Characters

Ben GrimmThe ThingReed RichardsJohnny StormHuman TorchMister FantasticSusan Storm RichardsInvisible WomanVictor Von DoomDoctor DoomHarvey ElderMole ManKl'rtSuper-Skrull

Reprinted in

Heroes Reborn: Fantastic Four (2006), Fantastic Four Epic Collection (2014), Heroes Reborn Omnibus (2019)